I was recently made aware of an article on the Christianity Today web site about songwriter Melanie Penn. The following passage from the article is… Read More »Can a song that doesn’t mention Jesus be “Christian”?
I have spoken many times about the power of poetry and music to express what words alone cannot. Yesterday evening, as I was reading The Two… Read More »Samwise Gamgee understands the power of poetry and music
Here’s one of the most important concepts about music in worship I think needs to be communicated to pastors and parishioners alike: Music in the context… Read More »The most significant misconception about music in worship
I grew up in Michigan. I now live in Texas. Texas is hot. Really hot. And it stays hot for a long, long time. However,… Read More »On Texas heat and musical meaning
Over the past several months I have written a series of short articles in which I dealt with the major categories of a biblical philosophy of… Read More »Free eBook of Back to Basics Series
I received some good feeback from my post last week briefly explaining musical meaning. Several were on Twitter: “@ScottAniol: Meaning in music is a tricky… Read More »Reading recommendations on musical meaning
Meaning in music is a tricky thing. Most people think it’s tricky because music is so abstract and lacks specificity such that describing its meaning… Read More »Meaning in Music
There has been a profitable discussion happening in the comments of my recent observations about the need for pastors to be trained in worship and… Read More »More on pastors and musical training
9Marks published that “some elder should exercise oversight over picking the music and all the other details of the worship service.” I agree with Lawrence for… Read More »This is why pastors should be educated in music and worship
This is an excellent illustration of where Evangelicalism is on issues related to music and worship. I’m thankful to 9Marks for doing this. It’s very… Read More »Harold Best vs. Ken Myers on Musical Meaning
This is a series to further explain the articles of “A Conservative Christian Declaration.” . We affirm that twenty-first-century churches, like the churches of every… Read More »Article 13: On Today’s Congregational Music
This is a series to further explain the articles of “A Conservative Christian Declaration.” . We affirm that inordinate expressions of worship often arise from… Read More »Article 9: On Harmony and Variety in Ordinate Expression
Shai Linne and I are having a conversation between Christian brothers about Christian rap. This post will not make sense unless you start at the beginning of this discussion and… Read More »Discussion about Christian rap with Shai Linne: Subjectivity (Rebuttal)
Shai Linne and I are having a conversation between Christian brothers about Christian rap. This post will not make sense unless you start at the beginning of this discussion and… Read More »Discussion about Christian rap with Shai Linne: Subjectivity
Artworks are valued for what they do but not for any immediate function. Art is far from “useless,” even though its distinctive value is realized… Read More »Preludes, Postludes and Offertories
Many factors contribute to how a hymn shapes its theological content. Here is one example of how the poetic meter of a text can shape… Read More »The power of poetic meter
One of the most difficult matters when engaging in a philosophy of music is the terms we employ. For example, the following terms often lack… Read More »Is musical meaning subjective?
Shai Linne and I are having a conversation between Christian brothers about Christian rap. This post will not make sense unless you start at the beginning of this discussion and… Read More »Discussion about Christian rap with Shai Linne: Musical Analysis (Rebuttal)
Shai Linne and I are having a conversation between Christian brothers about Christian rap. This post will not make sense unless you start at the beginning of this discussion and… Read More »Discussion about Christian rap with Shai Linne: Musical Analysis
Shai Linne and I are having a conversation between Christian brothers about Christian rap. This post will not make sense unless you start at the beginning of this discussion and… Read More »Discussion about Christian rap with Shai Linne: What Defines Rap? (Rebuttal)